Have some hope. Not everything he has done has been Charlie's Angel caliber. Anyone who was involved with shows like Chuck and Supernatural can't be all bad. He also directed "We Are Marshall" which I haven't seen but from what I heard was pretty good.

I love 20k, but the film, as a whole, doesn't work for most folks born after 1980. So long as Disney can retain the really meaningful elements (the tone, the Nautilus design, and a spot-on rehash of Kirk Douglas's Ned Land) I think there's a ton of room for improvements.

One factor to consider--a dangerous thing in fact--is how Nemo will be treated in this new 20k. Unlike 1954, we now have real terrorists, with real faces. Will Nemo be treated as a dangerous but lovable terrorist, sort of like the hooker with a heart of gold? Interesting to consider, and dangerous given our times.

I hate teh fact that this masterpiece is being touched...it's one of two live action films (Mary Poppins also)that should be left alone in teh Disney cannon. That said, I'll try to keep an open mind. Terminator looks good even though I'm not generally a McG fan. It just dissapoints me that this was greenlit over dawn treader which was the best book in the Narnia series. Hopefully I'm proved wrong an dthis film introduces nemo to a new generation.

This might be good. It's a prequel not a remake. Isn't there a rumor that this will be a trilogy with Johnny Depp as Nemo? I also wonder how this will affect the rumored version of DisneySea's Mysterious Island for Animal Kingdom. The rumor says that it will be built where Camp Minnie-Mickey is now.

Actually, having it be a prequel actually makes it worse. I can see how a good remake of 20K could happen, but first you need somebody with a passion for it, like Peter Jackson had for King Kong. Hired hands like McG and Marsili do not get me excited for this.

BC Morris is partially correct. There IS a prequel script. There is also a remake script. In fact, Disney is developing THREE "Captain Nemo" scripts, the remake and at least one prequel... likely two. They want three movies to create a new "Nemo" franchise.

ugh. i wish Disney would stop trying to turn everything into a franchise before the first film is even OUT. Pirates and Narnia, though they both had their good points, were failures in my book. Though I'll grant that one at least was a huge success financially.